Hurricane Ian death toll rises as Biden prepares to tour worst-hit areas

The aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida. More than 1,900 people had been rescued throughout the state by Monday night, authorities said. Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty

The death toll from Hurricane Ian continued a grim and steady climb on Tuesday, as officials in Florida laid out the next stages of the recovery effort and Joe Biden prepared to tour some of the worst-hit areas.

Unofficial figures have recorded more than 100 killed by the category 4 storm that swept Florida last week before making a second deadly US landfall in South Carolina.